LEFTOVER STOLLEN? – STOLLEN TORTE WITH BLUEBERRIES

Left to his own devices while working on some projects, the best of all husbands didn’t want to spend much time on cooking or going into restaurants. But men have to eat, especially if they are tiling and putting up sinks, so he went to the supermarket and grabbed a piece of stollen, a leftover from Christmas (and heavily discounted!)

Most of it he brought home (who can live of stollen for a sustained time?) and there it was, waiting for eager eaters, where there were only people who, after the holidays, were “stollened-out” for the rest of the year.

Stollen leftover, ready for recycling

St. Honoré, the patron saint of bakers, must have heard my weary sigh, when I saw this Stollen of Christmas Past.

The very next day I found in my blog list a post by master baker Wolfgang Süpke: the leftovers Stollen Torte!

Having a smaller piece of stollen, I downsized the recipe from 28 cm/11″ diameter to 21 cm/9″.

Since the store bought stollen was quite sweet, I reduced the sugar a bit, and added some lemon and vanilla.

And, living in Maine, I used (frozen) wild blueberries instead of a preserve (and doubled the amount.) The quark in the filling I substituted with cream cheese.

We liked the torte very much. The sweetness of the stollen bottom was balanced by the berries and slightly lemony cream filling.

Temper melted gelatin by adding 3 tablespoons of the cream mixture, one by one, mixing until well combined.(If the gelatin clumps because you didn’t work fast enough, briefly nuke it in the microwave again.)

7 thoughts on “LEFTOVER STOLLEN? – STOLLEN TORTE WITH BLUEBERRIES”

Wow that´s actually a very interesting idea :O Had never thought about making a cake out of Stollen . But I quess I´ll give it a try next year , because after christmas we alwas eat remaining stollen for days because we don´t want to throw it away . Afterwards we´re always rid of it for the next 12 month 😀

One stollen per year is usually enough for me. After finishing my Mohnstollen I wasn't too happy when my husband brought this post Christmas special offer home, and therefore very enthusiastic to find a way to work it into something totally different. But I think this torte is a great way to recycle other kinds of cake or sweet yeast breads as well, so you still might have your chance 🙂

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I’d love to share with you my favorite recipes, from my native Germany, and my new home in Maine. Baking is my passion, especially breads. But, on the other hand: Life is uncertain – eat the dessert first!